Stove



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STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. IBM).

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

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STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed May 9, 1919. Serial No. 295,893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. Muns- FELDER, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Stove, of which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of the bottoms of stoves and ranges and particularly of the lower edges of the sides and the edges of the bottom adjacent thereto, and its object is to provide a stove structure in which the bottom may be removed with out disturbing any of the other parts. A further object is to do away with the upright flanges now almost universally found on the edges of the stove bottom, which flanges extend down to the leg-base and support the side walls of the stove.

In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the bottom of the stove. Fig. 3 is an elevation of one corner of the leg-base and a leg thereunder. Fig. 4 is a plan of one corner of the legbase. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a planof a section of the bottom showing how it may be secured to the sides.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The structure of the stove, apart from the fact that the lower edges of the sides are usually substantially in the same horizontal plane, forms no part of the present invention. The leg-base is made up of the side members 1 and the end members 2. Fitting up between and underneath the ends of these members where they meet are the legs 3 to which the leg-base is secured by means of the bolts or screws l. It will be noticed that the ends of the members of the leg-base meet at the corners of the base and that they rest on ledges 5 formed in the legs as shown in Fig. 3.

.The ends and sides of the stove are preferably formed with inturned horizontal flanges 6 which rest on the upper edge of the leg-base, and with down-turned edges 7 adapted to center the bottom 8 which has up-turned edges 9. The bottom may have depressed portions 10 constituting a low bottom for an oven, and also have other flanges 13V to fit around the various partitions 12 which separate the ash pan from the oven. Such details will depend upon the type of stove desired.

Any desired number of properly strengthened brackets 14 may extend inwardly from the down-turned lower edges of the sides of the stove and are provided with notches 15 to receive the bolts 17 by means of which the bottom is supported. By removing these bolts the bottom is released and may be removed to give access to the interior of the stove.

If desired,the leg-base just below the door 18 may be formed to constitute an ash receptacle 19. The details and proportions of this structure may all be changed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention set forth in the following claims.

I claim I 1. In a stove, the combination of a legbase comprising side and end members, legs upon which the leg-base is supported and by which the members are united, a stove structure OOIllPllSlllg sides resting on said leg base, and a bottom secured to and supported by said sides and detachable therefrom without requiring the sides to be removed from the leg base.

2. In a stove, the combination of a substantially rectangular leg-base, stove sides having inturned lower edges resting on said base, and a stove bottom secured to said inturned edges of the sides entirely within the leg base.

3. In a stove, the combination of a legbase comprising side and end members, legs upon which the leg-base is supported and by which the members are united, a stove structure comprising sides resting on said leg-base and a door, an ash receptacle being formed on one of the members of the legbase immediately below said door.

l VILLIAM L. MERSFELDER. 

